Drones are already used to patrol the border with Mexico and now they may soon be coming to a police department near you.

无人机现已被用于巡视美墨边境，并且不久之后，也将出现于你身边的警察局。

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On Thursday China said that it granted its border patrol police the power to board and search ships in the area.

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The police officer called Border Patrol during the stop and an agent instructed the officer to put Vargas Ramirez on the phone.

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In July 1997, city officials in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler, Arizona, paired up local police officers with U.S. Border Patrol agents in an attempt to rid the city of illegal immigrants.

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